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georgyo
on Jan 7, 2023
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Why was Roman concrete so durable?
It's a little unclear to me about that, it is what I thought at first. But it appears that quicklime is not stable at ambient temperatures and recombines with CO2 to make Calcium Carbonate; which is how the self healing works.
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